{"id":34351,"date":"2018-10-30T17:09:20","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T11:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=34351"},"modified":"2018-10-30T17:09:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T11:39:20","slug":"fish-lizard-fossil-from-kutch-is-a-jurassic-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/fish-lizard-fossil-from-kutch-is-a-jurassic-first\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fish-lizard\u2019 fossil from Kutch is a Jurassic first:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.in\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiDlOCtt43XAhVMMY8KHf4wDzwQqOcBCCUwAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsci-tech%2Fscience%2Ffish-lizard-fossil-from-kutch-is-a-jurassic-first%2Farticle19920228.ece&amp;usg=AOvVaw0s6nfOIQS1CuzQXxl8Xqxd\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Fish-lizard\u2019 fossil from Kutch is a Jurassic first<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A \u00a0Jurassic-era fossil of an animal that looks like an amalgamation of dolphin and lizard has been discovered in Kutch, Gujarat.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What was the discovery?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the first time an <\/span><b>ichthyosaur fossil <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has been discovered in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 5.5 metre-long skeleton is thought to belong to the Ophthalmosauridae family, which likely lived between 165 and 90 million years ago.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The way the creature\u2019s teeth were worn out suggest it ate animals with thick and bony coverings<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>How is the discovery important?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a remarkable discovery because it is the first Jurassic ichthyosaur record from India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It also throws light on the evolution and diversity of ichthyosaurs in the Indo-Madagascan region and India&#8217;s biological connectivity with other continents in the Jurassic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The identification of the new specimen may further throw light on whether there was any <\/span><b>marine connection between India and South America about 150 million years ago<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What is Ichthyosaur?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ichthyosaur <\/span><b>first appeared in the early Triassic period<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (251 million to 199 million years ago).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> name means fish-lizard<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, although the creature has been classified as a reptile since the mid-19th Century.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its length ranged from 1m to 14m &#8211; although the average length was 2m to 3m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The creature was noted for its sharp, robust teeth.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ichthyosaurs became extinct around 90 million years ago.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Fish-lizard\u2019 fossil from Kutch is a Jurassic first: Context: A \u00a0Jurassic-era fossil of an animal that looks like an amalgamation of dolphin and lizard has been discovered in Kutch, Gujarat. What was the discovery? This is the first time an ichthyosaur fossil has been discovered in India. The 5.5 metre-long skeleton is thought to belong&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/fish-lizard-fossil-from-kutch-is-a-jurassic-first\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Fish-lizard\u2019 fossil from Kutch is a Jurassic first:<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704631605},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}